140 IROQUOIAN COSMOLOGY [eth. ass. 21 



a as in law, all: Fr. o in or. 



ai a.s in aisle, a.s i in pine, find; Gni. Huin. 



au as ou in out, as ow in how; Gm. haus; Sp. auto. 



c as sh in shall; (ini. sch in schellen: Fr. eh in charmer. 



(^ a.s th in health. 



d pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the upper teeth 



as in enunciating the English th; this is the only sound of d 



in this language, 

 e as in they; Gni. Dehnung: Fr. ne; Sp. (jue. 

 e as in then, met; (im. denn: Fr. sienne; Sp. conien. 

 f as in waif. 



g as in gig; Gm. geben; Fr. gout; Sp. guzar. 

 h as in has, he; Gni. haben. 

 i as in pique, machine. 

 I the same sound prolonged, 

 i as in pick, pit. 

 k as in kick, 

 n as in nun, run. 

 n as ng in sing, ring, 

 o as in note, I'ote. 

 q as ch in Gm. ich. 

 r slightly trilled; Imt in Mohawk it closely approximates an 1 



sound, 

 s as in sop, see. 

 t pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the upper teeth 



as in enunciating the English th; this is the only sound of t 



in this language, 

 u as in rule; (im. du; Fr. on in doux: Sj). uiio. 

 ii as in rut, shut. 

 w as in wit, witch. 

 J as in yes, yet. 

 dj as j in judge, 

 hw as wh in ■what, 

 tc as ch in churcli. 



° marks nasalized vowels, thus, e", o". ai". e", ii". 

 ' indicates an aspiration or soft emission of breath, which is initial 



or iinal, thus, 'h, e"'. o'. 

 ' marks a sudden closure of the glottis, preceding or following a 



sound, thus, 'a, o', a', a"\ 

 ' marks the accented syllal)le of ever\' word, 



th in this combination t and h are always pronounced separately. 



In the literal (interlinear) translation the following abbreviations 

 denoting gender have been used: z.=zoic; anthr. =anthropic; m.= 

 masculine: feni. = feminine; iiidef. = indefinite. 



